Accuse me of braggadocio, but when you’ve got it flaunt it — at least when we’re talking about snow in Colorado. Wintry storm number six (WS6) hit like a full pressure fire hose evening before last, and snowed in the mountains through yesterday dropping up to two feet in places. I can see the western end of the Elk Mountains from here (Mount Sopris), and the alpine is caked as white as mid-March. Of course more moisture now means the climate will average with a dry year (or month) sometime in the future, but for now we rejoice in the positive goods that climate change has brought us.
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| Mount Sopris, Colorado the day after WS6. A bit hazy today from the California wild fires. |
WildSnow.com publisher emeritus and founder Lou (Louis Dawson) has a 50+ years career in climbing, backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering. He was the first person in history to ski down all 54 Colorado 14,000-foot peaks, has authored numerous books about about backcountry skiing, and has skied from the summit of Denali in Alaska, North America’s highest mountain.
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Yes pretty amazing snow for this time of year. Skinned up Tiehack after work today, yeah I know, its just Buttermilk but still…. Really fantastic conditions most of the way back down. Nice sugary turns, and fairly deep in some sections, until the grass poked through near the bottom. Definitely worth the hike up, at least today anyways. I would imagine that the tops of Aspen, Highlands and Snowmass are even better. It was just nice to get the skins back out, breathe the fresh air, and make some turns!
Rub it in, rub it in……;)
We got some skiing in here in Utah, but nothing like you have there. Can’t complain about any good turns in October though. We’re fully in the Halloween spirit.
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